The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) permits qualifying employees of certain employers with up to 12 weeks of unpaid time off to treat a serious medical condition or to care for an immediate family member with a serious medical condition.
One of the differences about having a pet in a classroom vs. at home is that a classroom is noisier and the pet must become used to many people. This can be stressful on some animals, and we want to keep stress on our pet to a minimum.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan acknowledged recently that classroom management has become a huge issue in the education that impedes learning. I agree. A teacher cannot teach a classroom if he/she canât manage it, and managing classrooms is something that teachers arenât taught to do in college. Management has always been treated as an on the job training issue at the expense of students.